AAA 400 - Dover International Speedway

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Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500

NASCAR Sprint Cup Race #30 of 36 for the 2012 season
Chase for the Sprint Cup race #4 of 10
Race Analysis
Track Length: 2.66 mile quad/tri oval - Superspeedway
Race Length: 188 laps, 500.08 miles
Pit Road Speed: 55 mph


TV Team:
In the Booth: Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree
Pit Reporters: Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Dr. Jerry Punch, Vince Welch
NASCAR Countdown: Nicole Briscoe, Brad Daugherty, Rusty Wallace, Ray Evernham

2012 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after Dover, race 29 of 36]
1) #2-Brad Keselowski [5 wins], 2142
2) #48-Jimmie Johnson [3 wins], 2137, -5
3) #11-Denny Hamlin [5 wins], 2126, -16
4) #15-Clint Bowyer [2 wins], 2117, -25
5) #14-Tony Stewart [3 wins], 2110, -32
6) #5-Kasey Kahne [2 wins], 2110, -32
7) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [1 win], 2103, -39
8) #56-Martin Truex Jr. [0 wins], 2100, -42
9) #29-Kevin Harvick [0 wins], 2096, -46
10) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win], 2094, -48
11) #16-Greg Biffle [2 wins], 2091, -51
12) #17-Matt Kenseth [1 win], 2070, -72
(ties broken by 1sts, 2nds, 3rd, etc)
See drivers championship points standings on the Drivers Points Standings (pdf)



www.jayski.com/cupnews.htm

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First Friday practice for the AAA 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway is over after 58 minutes, the top 5, slowest and notes:
#56-Truex, Jr. 157.092
#15-Bowyer 156.597
#11-Hamlin 156.563
#55-Martin 156.325
#16-Biffle 156.311
slowest: #32-Bell 150.075 & #10-Patrick 148.723.
notes: Practice started about 30 minutes late after early morning rain showers pushed the schedule back and NASCAR had to remove some water from the track after K&N East qualifying. Practice was delayed again for more water on the track.
This practice will set the order for qualifying, which is scheduled for Saturday at 1:40pm/et and will be shown on SPEED.
See speeds, best top-10 average and laps run on the Dover practice 1 speeds page (pdf).(9-28-2012)



Source: jayski.com/stats/2012/pdfs/29dov2012prac1.pdf

Final practice for the AAA 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway is over after 95 scheduled minutes, the top 5, slowest and notes:
#24-Gordon 155.743
#20-Logano 154.586
#48-Johnson 154.579
#51-Busch 154.314
#30-Stremme 153.263
slowest: #93-Kvapil 149.696 & #32-Bell 148.828.
note: Qualifying will be held Saturday at 1:40pm/et and will be shown on SPEED.
See speeds, best top-10 average and laps run on the Dover practice 2 speeds page (pdf).(9-28-2012)



Source:http://jayski.com/stats/2012/pdfs/29dov2012prac2.pdf

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Hamlin wins pole at Dover: #11-Denny Hamlin won the pole for the AAA 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway with a speed of 159.299mph for his 3rd pole of 2012 and 12th career pole.
#15-Bowyer will start 2nd followed by #56-Truex, Jr., #22-Hornish, Jr., #18-Busch, #16-Biffle, #24-Gordon, #39-Newman, #5-Kahne, and #2-Keselowski.
The go-or-go homers who made the race (8): #6-Stenhouse, Jr., #26, Wise, #91-Sorenson, #98-McDowell, #95-Speed, #23-Riggs, #87-Nemechek, and #37-Blaney.
The go-or-go homers who failed to qualify for the race (5): #30-Stremme, #19-Bliss, #49-Leffler, #33-Whitt, #79-Bires.
See qualifying results, starting lineup, pole progreession, go-or-go-homers on the Dover Qualifying Page. (9-29-2012)



source: www.jayski.com/stats/2012/pdfs/29dov2012qualresults.pdf